TORONTO – Rogers Media let go 75 full-time employees this week as it continues to scale back its print publishing division.
According to a National Post report, one-third of the company’s digital content and publishing department were laid off, including from big titles like Maclean’s and Chatelaine, in a reorganization that aims to “make the business sustainable given challenges in the publishing industry.”
A Rogers’ spokesperson quoted in the report said that all of Rogers’ brands will continue to operate and there will be no changes to the frequency of its print issues, adding the changes “do not impact the quality of the content.”
Among those departing the company are digital content and publishing SVP Steve Maich, and Chatelaine editor-in-chief Lianne George.
This is the latest in a series of restructuring initiatives for Rogers’ print publications. In 2016, it cut the print edition of Flare, Sportsnet, MoneySense, and Canadian Business, and reduced the print frequency of Maclean’s, Chatelaine and Today’s Parent.
